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Which British intelligence project intercepted and decrypted messages from the German Enigma machine?
A) Project Mercury
B) Operation Minerva
C) Bletchley Park
D) Operation Ultra
What was the main light machine gun used by US forces during WWII?
A) Bren Gun
B) MG 42
C) DP-28
D) M1918 BAR
What was the code name for the German invasion of the Soviet Union in 1941?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Overlord
What was the largest concentration camp established by the Nazis?
A) Dachau
B) Buchenwald
C) Auschwitz
D) Treblinka
Which battle resulted in the first major defeat of Hitler's military?
A) Battle of Britain
B) Battle of Stalingrad
C) Battle of the Atlantic
D) Battle of Moscow
Which Allied operation was the amphibious landing on the beaches of Normandy, France?
A) Operation Torch
B) Operation Husky
C) Operation Overlord
D) Operation Market Garden
Which of the following countries remained neutral throughout WWII?
A) Spain
B) Italy
C) Norway
D) Greece
Which city was devastated by the first atomic bomb used in warfare?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Kyoto
Who commanded the Allied forces in the Normandy invasion?
A) Bernard Montgomery
B) George Patton
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which country was NOT one of the Axis Powers?
A) Italy
B) Japan
C) Spain
D) Germany
What was the codename for the Nazi invasion of the Soviet Union?
A) Operation Sea Lion
B) Operation Weserübung
C) Operation Barbarossa
D) Operation Valkyrie
What was the codename for the battle of Normandy's beach where Canadian forces landed?
A) Utah Beach
B) Sword Beach
C) Omaha Beach
D) Juno Beach
Which operation led to the end of German occupation in France?
A) Operation Dragoon
B) Operation Torch
C) Operation Dynamo
D) Operation Overlord
Which German general was known as the "Desert Fox"?
A) Heinrich Himmler
B) Erwin Rommel
C) Gerd von Rundstedt
D) Friedrich Paulus
Who was the British Prime Minister for most of World War II?
A) Neville Chamberlain
B) Winston Churchill
C) Clement Attlee
D) Anthony Eden
Which ship was struck by a kamikaze attack during the Battle of Leyte Gulf, yet remained afloat and saw action again?
A) USS Johnston
B) USS Indianapolis
C) USS Missouri
D) USS St. Lo
Which battleship was sunk by Japanese aircraft in 1941, leading to a major turning point in the war for the British?
A) HMS Hood
B) HMS Prince of Wales
C) HMS Repulse
D) HMS King George V
Which U.S. general famously said, "I shall return" after leaving the Philippines?
A) George S. Patton
B) Omar Bradley
C) Douglas MacArthur
D) Dwight D. Eisenhower
Which city was the target of the first atomic bomb dropped in combat?
A) Nagasaki
B) Tokyo
C) Hiroshima
D) Yokohama
What was the German air force called?
A) Kriegsmarine
B) Waffen-SS
C) Luftwaffe
D) Wehrmacht